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Bromelia superficialis P.J.Braun & Esteves

Publ: Bromelie 2016(3): 125-131 (2016)

Type: Brazil, Mato Grosso, campo cerrado, 13º32’ 38.50” S 50°53’30.30” W, altitude 234 m; July 2009; flowers and plant in cultivation, 2010, coll. Esteves Pereira (Goiânia - Goiás, Brazil), E. Esteves Pereira E-680 (holo UFG-46.455).

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Distribution: Brazil, Mato Grosso

Habitat: cerrado vegetation, ca 230 m. Elev.

Etymology: The epithet “superficialis” refers to the long, laterally above-ground growing of the stolons, which derive from the base-bulb close to the soil surface.

Bromelia superficialis